We are thrilled to present the instructors for Wordsworth 2019. [button link= size=”large” bg_color=”#aa9949″ border=”#aa9949″]Registration is Now Closed[/button] WordsWorth 2019 Instructors [tabs style=”default”] [tab title=”Marcello Di Cintio”]Weeks 1 & 3– Writing Wrongs Marcello Di Cintio is the author of four books of documentary literature including Walls: Travels Along the Barricades and, most recently, Pay No Heed to the Rockets: […]
Week 1 (ages 11 – 14): July 14 – 19, 2019Week 2 (ages 15 – 19):July 21 – 26, 2019, $550Week 3 (ages 14 – 19): July 28 – August 2, 2019, $550Two-Week Option (ages 14 – 19):July 21 – August 2, 2019, $1035 T-shirt: $20Anthology: $10 (Please note if you are signing up for more than one […]
Congratulations to Marcello Di Cintio, winner of the 2018 City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Book Prize! The City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Book Prize Recognizes literary achievement by a Calgary author for an outstanding book of fiction, poetry, non-fiction, children’s literature or drama published in the preceding year. In 1994, The City of Calgary established […]
The staff at the Writers’ Guild of Alberta offices are extremely grateful to our volunteers who have helped get us through one of the busiest months of the year. You stepped up to take casino shifts, sell books, register conference attendees, and everything in between. We could not do what we do at the WGA […]
Episode 7: Titilope Sonuga Rayanne Haines and Matthew Stepanic talk with Titilope Sonuga, author of THIS IS HOW WE DISAPPEAR (Write Bloody North, 2019). As we sip Lambrusco by Monte delle Vigne (a sparkling red as charming as our feature poet) paired with Titilope’s poetry, we discuss new motherhood, musical collaborations, and the power of […]
The Writers’ Guild of Alberta is pleased to announce the winners of the 2019 Alberta Literary Awards and the Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize. More than 110 guests attended the 2019 Alberta Literary Awards Gala on June 8. The gala was part of the Writers’ Guild of Alberta’s 2019 annual conference, Writing Across […]
